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The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1887-02-08
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Solicitor OR returned hc;nc on FriInv
last.
a good many persons were in town
on yesterday.
The grand jury thisEycar is composed
entirely Of white men.
An unusual amount Of horsc-trading
took place on yesterday.
We regret to chronicle the death Of
Mrs. W. II Blake. Of Greenwood.
Mr.. \. J. Woodhurst has laid the
foundation for Mr.. I. ?. Cothran's house.
Very few public sales were made on
yesterday. Property as a general thing
brought low prices.
Dave Stcifcr, the colorcd porter Of
the New Hotel. died on last Saturday
after 81 short illness.
The case af Brownlee VS.. Martin was
up in the Court Of Common Pleas on
yesterday.
Our railroad is still booming. See
notice of stockholders meeting in an
other column.
The advertisements Of the School
Commits ioncr will appear hereafter in
~ ""'
Mr.. and Mrs. w. e.. Mrtiowan are
now domlc''ed ~ the HHachcm house,
on "ardiaw street.
Uen. bonhhm acted as Solicitor IN tn"
last three ceases mat were tired IN the
court OF GENERA SESSIONS
We acknowledge tho receipt Of an in
v%,tat'on I" attend a calico ball on the
Nth inst, at Mt. Carmel.
The magazines ami periodicals Of the
Literary Club were sold at public auc-
ton on yesterday. They brought S22.lo.
Mr.. ". II. Gilkcrson, one cf the most
substantial merchants Of Laurens. was in
Ahbcvillc yesterday on legal business.
We had a pleasnnt call ono 5av last
week from Mir. 5. p. Marshall. Of Phoenix.
He is one Of the most substantial men
ri that section.
The Governor has rrao,ointod DR.
Nilcman Supervisor nf Rrristro,ion
and MIR. Norris as Trial Justice for
C~okcshury township.
Mrs. $. NJ. Calhoun and Mrs. Rucknr
cxncct Ia leave Tomorrow for Charles
ton, where they will sreuI some time
With Mrs. Andrew Simnnas
Mr.. r. $. Galloway. our cnterpris;nr
and interesting CORRESPONDENT from Duo
West. honored Abbcvillc with his pres.
encc on Monday last.
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The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1887-02-08

EOuEDMONT AIRLINE.
RICH MOND 4 D.NNNiI.LE r. r.
COLUMBIA & GREENVILLE DIVISION.
CONFESSED SCHEDULE
IL ErFECT DECEMBER 10, 1886.
Grains run on 18th Meridian timc,)
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1887-02-08
MARKET REPORT.


Corrected weekly by Messrs. Parker
e. Hill.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1887-02-08

-6ATCRDAf I. IS
!. The only thing which was left for the
Court this morning was the sentencing
Of the pris ,ncrs, which was as follows:
Edmund Kennedy, two years in State
penitcntiary.
Wiley Gray, six months in peniten-
tiary.
Howard H. Morgan. two years in pen
itensiary, or pay a fine Of one hundred
dollars.
Henrietta Harris, one year in penitcn-
tinty.
Granville Martin and Hampton Mar
fin, for resisting nm officer, three months
in penitcntiary; and for disposing Of
property under lien. nine months each
iii the penitentiary.
Lymus Pinckney, Two months in
County Jail.
Dock Jones, six months in peniten-
tiary. co
John Wells, one year in penitcntiary.
Tyler Logan and Mary Logan, two
months in County Jail, or pay q fine Of
fifty dollars.
The Court Of General Session was
then adjourned sine dke, and the Court
Of Common Pleas, opened.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-04
Coercing a County.

LOUISVILLE, Ky, July 29.-United
States Marshal Gross returned from.
Taylor County tonight, where he went
with a mandate from the Federal
Court to collect the railroad tax.
The marshal, although boycotted
by the people of that county, sue.
ceeded in making several hundred
leyies. lie reports it as tough work.
The citizens put every obstacle in
the way and refused to pay.
One man, who was about to pay
his taxes, it was rumored, vas lynched
and others have been threatened.
The goods have not been sold yet,
and doubtless will have to be shipped
out of the county before purchasers
can be found.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-04
WONDERFUL WICHITA.
Remarkable Growth OF a Kansas
CTown--An Example Of Blowing
Your own Horu.
atlanta Constitution.

Before you cook your rabbit you
must catch him. a town that ex-
poets to prosper in this country
must SO spread it's nets as to catch
live Interchangeable men, progressive
men. A town with any natural ad-
vantages at all will succeed if its
citizens are energetic and enterpris-
ing. For a community of live men
will not sit down and whittle white
pine and allow the town and it's in-
terests to stand still. A town may
have natural commercial advantages
in the world, and yet not prosper if
its citizens are so constituted as to
be willing to look after only their
own individual affairs.
Wichita, a Kansas town, is an ex-
ample Of what can be accomplished
by the energy, the enterprise and the
united pnblic spirit of it's citizens.
Wichita has CROWN in year or two
from comparatively insignificant
little town to great trade and rail.
road center. There has been an in.
crease of over one thousand per cent
in the value of real estate, and an
increase of over 10000 in population.
Lots in the town sell for more than
$4,000 a front foot. What is the
secret of this wonderful progress ?
Let a business man of Wichita tell
the story:
1--WE organized. We held almost
nightly meetings, and among the first
things we agreed upon was to hang
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-04
The Oldest Episcopal Rector Dies.
Baltimore american, July 25.

Baltimore american, July 25.
The Rev. DR.. Robert Piggot, the
Oldest Protestant Episcopal minister
in the United States, died at his res
idence, at Sykesville, on Saturday
night at Ills o'clock. He was born
in New York, May 20, 1895, and was
at the time of his death in his ninety
third year. He was ordained by
Bishop White, November 30th, 1-23.
He had several charges in Maryland
and Pennsylvania, and was called to
Sykesville in 1869 as rector Of Holy
Trinity Church, which embraces parts
Of Baltimore, Howard and Carroll
Counties. He attended to the du.
ties of their district up to within four
years Of his death. He retained to
q wonderful degree all his faculties.
lie was an artist and engsaver of 10
mean ability, and some of his engray-
ings have been much admired.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-04
MONEY IN MELONS.
Fnty Thousand Dollars Year Put in
the Pockets of Farmers Around
Blackville by their Watermelons.
.Speci0l TO Ne,rS and C0n ter.

.SDectGL TO y ears GH0 CO0 tcI.
BLAcKvILLE, July 23.-A few
years ago the man who would have
ventured to suggest to the farmers
along the railroads in this county
that more money, per acre, could be
made planting watermelons than
could be realized from the old staple
would have been regarded as 8
crank. Many of them would have
looked upon it as almost desecration
to utilize the fine cotton lands that
border the South Carolina Railway
on both sides, from Midway to White
Pond, for melon-growing. To one
like myself: who has been deeply in
terested in the development Of the
magnificent agricultural resources of
this county. and talked it and written
of it on all proper occasions, and as
certained in that way how deeply
the one idea Of cotton.groWing was
fixed in the minds of our planters,
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-04
MUSTN'T WEAR BUSTLES.
4 Lively Row Developing Near
Clarksville Over the Matter:

CLARKsvILLE, GA, July 21.-The
Soque woollen mill has forbidden
any Of their female employees to
wear. bustles while at work in the
factory, for the reason that there IS
danger of their dresses being caught
in the looms. On yesterday morn
ing a young girl went to her work
with q hustle on. Her boss seolded
her, and it is said, spoke very rough.
ly- to her and put her out Of the
house. While passing the house Of
the girls father, the boss was hailed
by her brother and another man. He
refused to talk to them about the
case, and they knocked him down
twice, ne with rock, and as ne WAS
getting up b, was Anocked back With
a stick. The men left at once and
have not been heard from. q
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-04
Selling a Wife in Indiana.


V1ScENNEs, md, July 29.-A Pc
culiar case came up in the Mayors
Court yesterday. Charles Bohn had
J. II, Bunch arrested for taking away
Bohn's wife and living with her.
Bunch is a blind pensioner and had
quite sum of money. Mrs. Bohn
had strong liking for the blind man
and she left her husband, but it now
appears that Bohn really sold his
wife to Bunch for $500 and held
Bunch's note therefor. The sale was
effected, but the note was never paid,
hence the difficulty.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-04
together and stay by each other.
through thick and thin.

through thick and thin.
eve advertised by hundreds cf
thousands of circulars. We set :
forth all our advantages in such q
manner that strangers who were led
by our circulars to give US call
were not deceived, but, on the con-
trary, agreed that we had not put it
as strong as We might.
"Every town in the east of noto-
riety was not only servep with our
circulars, but our newspapers. And
the. newspaper advertising did double
duty. Our people made it rule to
ask all their friends to advertise.
"We then subscribed for a large
number of copies, loaded with local
advertising and great advantages,
aud we found by eonversing with
parties who finally came here pros
pecting that the full advertising col
umns Of our papers which they had
seen did more than all else to inn.
press them with the growth and M
portance of the place.
"We found then we could not
o7erdo this thing-that the more
we paid out for these purposes the
more were our profits. Every new
conner was a customer to most Of our
stores, and while their advertising
paid to them rich returns, it served
the double purpose to impress the
eastern man who had an eye to
business with the fact that Wichita
was q rising town, and thus ne. have
gone on until We have added popu-
lation since I came here of over
10000, and property has increased in
business places more than a thou
sand fold, and in the country round
about US the appreciation has been
over 400 per cent.
q know as well as you can know
printers ink is the best capital to.
boom a town. Had We not used it
unsparingly Wichita would not have
been larger than Carthage. As is is,
we will soon outrank any town in
State
This is characteristic; there is a.
familiar twang about it that reminds
US of home, sweet home, as it were
In other words, the Wichita man
talks like an Atlanta man, and the
wonderful growth Of the Kansas
town is paralleled by the extra
ordinary growth of Atlanta during
the past fifteen years.
The moral of this is obvious. There:
is not a town III Georgia, nor in the
South, that cannot achieve reason
able degree Of prosperity by blowing.
it's OVID horn.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-04
THE FATE OF A NEBRASKA
TOWN.
David City Crushed by CycloDic
Goliah.

LINCOLN, NEB., July 2e.-Meagre
particulars have been received OF a.
disastrous tornado that passed over
the town Of David City at 6 o'clock
this evening.
One uan was killed and over half
the buildings in town demolished,
including the Union Pacific and the
Burlington and Missouri depots. a
large brick school house, the Metho-s
dist and Congregational churches and
several stores and many dwelling
houses wrecked. The damage IS es-
timated at 100000.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-04
A Fatal Duel Between Two Colored
Men.

CHICAGO, july PA special from
New Orleans says:
"a fatal duel was fought yesterday
evening on the banks of the Iazoo
River, opposite Greenwood, Miss,
between George Evans and Bud Har'
ris, both well.known colored men.
The men selected double-barrelled
shotguns loaded with buckshot. Only
two PAGES apart they stood, the muz-
zles of the guns almost touching.
When the word was given to FIRE both
responded almost ab the same mo.
ment. Evans fell dead, his breast
torn to pieces, and Harris was fatally
wounded
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-04
The Obstinate Juror.
San Francisco Bulletin.

A Tacoma Washington Territory
jury failed to agree upon a case of
deadly assault, and eleven members
signed paper stating that "the
eleven do not consider the one obsti-
nate a qualified juror. That be is
essentially lacking in certain quail
fcations necessary to constitute a
good juror. We would, therefore,
ask that in making up the jury list in
future for this county bis name be
left off,
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-04
THE POOR BOYS CHANCE.
He Makes it Himself-The Gates Of
Success Wide Open in this Country.
atlanta Constitution.

Commenting on President Cleve.
lands recent visit to Clinton, the
Springfield Republican says:
"An American president rambling
among the scenes of his boyhood is
always significant of one tremendous
fact in our national life-ar5 that is
the essential deAocracy of our insti-
tutions and the practical eqrality of
all men in this country in their po-
litical capacity. DR.. McGlynn and
Henry George and Mr.. Powderly and
all other agitators may talk about
the slavery of the American working
man, and the vast difference between
the poor laborer and Jay Gould but
after all the fact is and cannot be
denied that the poor mans son is
more likely to rise to the highest seat
of power in the nation than the son
OF any man Of wealth. Nor does
this favor rise from any demagogic
hostility to the son favored by
wealth."
There is a great deal of truth in
these words. They state the situa-
tion fairly. In no country on earth
has poor boy so much to hope for
and to aspire to as be has in the
United States. Not only in politics
but in every profession and every
business the gate is wide open for
him on the road that leads to the
highest honors.
The humble origin of nearly all
the presidents Of the United States
is familiar to all. 1t is remarkable
fact that the strongest characters
among them, were those whose boy
hood and youth were passed in pow
erty and hardship.
The poor boy has been'as pre-emi-
nent in business as in politics. A
big majority Of The millionaires in
the United States to-day were born
either in poverty or in moderate cir
cumstances. The foundations of
the greatest fortunes in this country
were laid by poor men of this or the
past generation. Most of our boast
ed "old families are poor. The
learned professions tell the same old
story. Most of their leaders are men
who fought their way up from the
common level of American citizen.
ship, men who did not have the ad-
vantage of an honored family name,
or the aid of powerful family con.
nections.
There are people in the United
States who boast of their ancestry,
and we sometimes hear Of "the aris.
tocracy." This sort of talk is the
source of comfort and pleasure to
those who indulge in it, and, as it
does nobody any harm. there is no
reason for objecting to it. But the
fact remains and grows clearer every
day, that the common people rule
this country. They control it's poll
tics and direct its thought. In thei,
humble homes, in their unpretentious
lives, in their hard Drawn and their
brave, simple hearts lie the hopes Of
the republic and the genius Of it's fu
ture greatness.
We sometimes hear people say
"Give poor boy a chance" Tha
is good sentiment, but it is the
glory of our history that in every
generation there have been founi
poor boys who made chances 70,
themselves, who became great snt
good men and left names which thei
country holds in honored memory.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-04

larger amount OF DuslheHs 10 eone'
The aggregate Of this business will
doubtless reach this year shout $780,
900 or 100000.
The city is well lighted with oil
lamps.
TIE PRESS.
A light of quite another kind is
furnished by Newberry's two pro-
gressive journals, the HERALD AND
News, edited by Messrs. f. II. Aull
and W. P. Houseal, and the Observer.
the proprietors of which are Messrs.
w. H. Wallace and J. H. N. Kinard.
The editors of both Of these live
newspapers told the correspondent
confdentially that their papers were
good investments and in other words
that they were paying institutions.
If they are not, they should be, if for
no other reason than the characteris-
tic courtesy of the gentlemen of the
Newberry press.
A visit to Newberry would scarcely
be complete without call at the In
nisfallen Dairy Farm in the suburbs
The establishment is being run under
lease by Mr.. I. W. Walter, former
Charlestonian. The dairy has been
in existence only about two years,
and has not yet become self.support-
ing from the dairy farm products.
This is expected to be achieved,
however, during the next season.
Tie revenue Of the dairy is almost
exclusively derived from the sale of
milk to the citizens Of Newberry,
the butter feature being yet undevel-
oped. The proprietor will even
during the present season 60 far to-
wards maintaining his stock from
enslage, having. just completed his
silos for the standing crop. Mr..
Walters enterprise is one which is
being regarded with much interest
by the neigbboring farming com.
munlty.
The hotels of Newberry are both
numerous and excellent. The Anew
berry HOTEL under the management
of Mr.. Jones, is now one Of the
favorite. stopping places for transient
travellers. This is the result of the
splendid appointments of the hotel,
its good table and the unvarying
courtesies and attention of its proprie.
tor.
AS already stated, Newberry is a
difficult place to leave. Going
away from the city, however, it is
almost impossible, with knowledge
of what it contains of material and
energy, to escape the conviction that
it has received Of late years an i'm
pulse that it will end only in the
achievement of greater and better
things. The people are wide awake
to the emergencies of the hour; the
field of action is wide enough and
broad enough to permit of the most
golden prophecies, and with the as
surance Of a speedy verifcation.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-04
TIE BANKS.

The cotton mill Of itself is, how
ever, indicative of push and progress.
But there are other institutions which
point in the same direction. Among
these is the National Bank with q
capital stock of Sl50,O00, surplus
fund of 100000, undivided profits
sl0S,500 and deposits S16S,000.
The officers of the bank are: Presi.
dent, R. L. Mclaughlin; cashier, 7.
S. Duncan; assistant cashier, T. J.
McCrary. There is also a building
and loan association which has al.
ready paid in twenty-five assessments
on its 1000 shares of 500 each.
The affairs of the concern are expect,
ed to be wound up in about one hun.
dred months.
COLLEGES AND CHURCHES.
The other institutions Of Newberry
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-04

larger amount Of business is done.
The aggregate of this business will
doubtless reach this year shout $780,
900 or 100000.
The city is we'll lighted with oil
lamps.
Morning journal and courier., 1887-07-07
IN THE SECOND DEGREE.

The Grand Jury Will Probably Find
 & True Bill Against William Cisco
 For Causing the Death of Harriet
 Thompson Damaging Testimony
 Given the JurY-NO Decision Yet.
 The grand jury met yesterday morning and deliberated in regard to indictment for mur- der asked for by the State attorney against William Cisco for the murder of Harriet Thompson on June TO- The jury was made up as follows:
 Waterbury: D: E. Wilson, F. F. Cook
 Naugatuck: Edward H. Darlington Samuel
 Derby: H. K Hotchkiss, Charles c. Jackson, Ho bart sperry:
 Orange Orange Egbert E. Pardee, Elias si I. Main. an0
 New Haven: J. A. Bishop.
 Branford: Henry H. stedman. Benjamin Bur we'll
 The jury was administered the oath and then retired. There were several witnesses heard on Cisco's case. Coroner Mix and Medical Examiner White were the first to testify. All the inmates of the room in the Webster street tenement on the night of the murder were examined and gave damaging testimony.
 Cisco told one of the jail keepers after the examination that the testimony was all very damaging to him. He is almost sure that a true bill will be found in his case. Others think so, too Cisco is very pleasant ap- bearing negro and one of the best behaved inmates at the jail. He continually protests his innocence and says he don't remember what occurred. He had drank few glasses of beer, but not enough to become drunk. He says he has dim remembrance of going to the woman's house early in the morning, but don't remember of having had quarrel The jury will not report their finding in Cisco's case until they make report on Peter Coffse's, which will probably be this afternoon.
Morning journal and courier., 1887-07-07
Lee-Gnbert

Mir. Yan Phou Lee, 's7 Yale, and Miss Maude Jerome Gilbert, granddaughter of the late Squire Hezekiah Gilbert, were united in marriage at the residence of the brides mother, 24 Gilbert avenue, yesterday morning, the Rev. Dr. Twitchell, of Hartford, offciat- ing, assisted by Rev. Dr. Hovey, of Bridge port, whose son was a roommate at Yale of the groom. The ushers were E. Otis Hovey, of this city, Yale 'S4, MT. Lees original class, and w. M. Babcock, Yale '87. The bride wore clinging gown of white, with floral ornaments. Among the invited guests were Profs. Peck and Wright of Yale and Hon. Yung Wing, late of the Chinese en- bassy, now of Hartford, who also married an American lady. The happy couple received handsome wedding gifts and left fer an ex- tended bridal tour, including 8 stay at Mar ragansett Pier after which they will reside here. Yan Phou Lee distinguished himself by his fine oration at Yale's recent com mencement
Morning journal and courier., 1887-07-07
THE WEST SHORE.
Sav1n Rock Gossip-Tho New Electric
 Lfghfs-PfcnIcs, Etc.

SavIn Rock Gossip-Tho New Electric Lfghfs-PfcnIcs, Etc. The hotels are beginning to feel the first throbs of summer and report a moderately good number of guests.
 On July 20th the fremen will picnic at Howes' and on the 22d the Sarsfelds will sniff the salt air at the shore.
 A number of private individuals, in view of the fact that the electric lights at present only extend partly to the shore, propose to erect several at their own expense. MT. Howes will have four in his waiting rooms, Mir. Twitchell two, MT. Miller one, and it is rumored that two are to be placed in the grove by the railroad company.
 MT. Seymour H. Rosenberg, who is at present abroad, will leave England on the 9th inst He will take up his residence with his parents at the shore on his return.
 Mr. Hills informs us that this is the first year in his remembrance that the first car at the shore on the Fourth of July was filled with excursionists. The railroad company say that over ten thousand people were car ried to the shore.
 The German picnic that was to have been held at Sohn's yesterday was postponed on account of the rain.
 Cottager J. Johnson will soon take up his residence at the shore with his family.
 MT. Max Adler has completed the building of handsome pier in front of his shore res idence.